A SNARE-like protein from Solanum lycopersicum increases salt tolerance by modulating vesicular trafficking in tomato.

ABSTRACT: Intracellular vesicular trafficking ensures the exchange of lipids and proteins between endomembrane compartments. This is relevant under high salinity conditions, since both the removal of transporters and ion channels from the plasma membrane and the compartmentalization of toxic ions require the formation of vesicles, which can be maintained as multivesicular bodies or be fused to the central vacuole. SNARE proteins (Soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment receptor) participate in the vesicle fusion process and give specificity to their destination. Plant genome studies have revealed a superfamily of genes that encode for proteins called SNARE-like. These proteins appear to be participating in vesicular trafficking with similar functions to those of SNARE proteins. A SNARE-

SUBMITTER: Salinas-Cornejo J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10431929 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature